/*  
 *  Copyright 2006 Paul Jack.
 *
 *  This file is part of the Dex compiler suite. 
 *  
 *  Dex is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
 *  Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
 *  option) any later version.
 *  
 *  Dex is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 *  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
 *  Public License for more details.
 *  
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 *  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
 */
package dex.compiler.model.statement;

import dex.compiler.model.base.ParseNode;
import dex.compiler.model.base.Place;


/**
 * A Dex statement.
 */
public abstract class Statement extends ParseNode {

	
	/**
	 * Constructs a new Statement node that originated at the given place.
	 * 
	 * @param place  the place where this statement originated
	 */
	public Statement(Place place) {
		super(place);
	}
	
	
	/**
	 * Returns this statement expressed as Dex code.  Statements that can be
	 * represented in more than one way can return any valid form.
	 * 
	 * @return some valid Dex code for this statement
	 */
	public abstract String toString();


	/**
	 * Returns true if this statement terminates the current function.
	 * 
	 * @return  true if this statement terminates
	 */
	public abstract boolean terminates();
}
